Original Acoustic Guitar Solo - Seth Maxwell

[Shredtacular311]

that was cool

[Toy8ox]

I absolutely loved this! I had no idea what expect when I found this but, it was great. Awesome man!

[sethwmax]

@Toy8ox thanks that's very kind of you!  have a great one!

[TheRawvegeater]

sounds like AC/DC.

[adorkableme13]

HAHA I LOVE IT!

[dobbadoob]

Amazing!! Bravo man Bravo

[GNARLSON]

man this is great!!

the harmonics alone make it golden.

you r amazing!

[MrKindaSux]

sounds a bit like zaza lol :]]]]] n1

[cyberfan5]

Nice work...

[JMo5187]

GREAT TUNE

[MiketheCG]

You are probably thinking its the beginning of thunderstruck, and it sounds close, but there are some differences. But being a musician myself and whenever I create a song i always get, hey what is that, i think I've heard that before. I always tell them, its G, C, and D and over a million musicians play those notes haha. His song is original, but like almost any song, you can take pieces out and compare them to other songs as well.

[DistortedV12]

what acoustic guitar model are you using in this video?

[sethwmax]

it's a 2006 taylor 914ce

[BabaYagaCursesYou]

:O

I found the song!

I am truly impressed mister, but I would love to know what the name of the song is itself as I remember hearing it from a CD years ago and have been desperately trying to find it since...

Can you tell me the name please? :)

P.S. truly amazing playing

[sethwmax]

thanks for the compliments, but it is 100% original. if you find it on cd please let me know so i can tell my lawyer. :)

cheers and thx again!!

[BabaYagaCursesYou]

Is the bit from 1:25 not taken from anything else?

It sounds like the piece I heard...

Have you recorded any songs on an album, who knows, could be you I heard? :P

[sethwmax]

not intentionally. the note progressions there are admittedly pretty generic, so that may be why they sound familiar. in fact, the interpretation of those scales really only becomes original in my opinion in regards to the rhythmic/tempo changes underneath the scales (which unfortunately are not executed very well on this). i wish i could say i had a cd but i don't. it's somewhere on my before-i-die-to-do list! LOL

Thanks for taking the time my friend :)

[BabaYagaCursesYou]

I must say, I implore you to make an album. It only seems logical for you to do so and to let many more people listen to this superb music :)

[sethwmax]

Thank you so much for your encouragement. i am playing in a band now and hopefully we will do "something" someday. ha ha

cheers!

[bigdjs08]

@BabaYagaCursesYou youre thinking thunderstruck AC/DC

[unitedism]

yes m8 like it do u sing a tall

[aaronkehl]

that was extroardinary man. Keep it up music is a force for good.

[onesong2001]

Awsome

[sixstrings2650]

What can you say. That was incredible.

[kellz6amazon]

Reminds me of Steve Howe style. Terrific. also sound like a little van- Halen overtones. LOL

[Topenigma]

that inspired me...thanks man...

[HamnnJam]

dude, that was amazing.

I hope you make it, gota be a scam if you don't.

[GERSON25]

u have a FUTURE!!! GOOD LUCK MY BROTHER

DAMM!!! well played!!! :D Awsome!!!!

[sawdeshoemurderer]

FANTASTIC!

[csanz777]

such a good technic

[brucewbowser]

Very very nice!!! That stuff is very hard to do and you make it look easy. From the start to 1:00 you do some very nice melodic ear candy that Ive never heard anything close to before. Dude, very very tasty. 5 stars and sub.

[Eriknock]

beautiful man, so mealodic, check out my vids, I can't play half as good as you

[drifter9514]

imagine if he played it on an electric guitar

that would be awesome....

[joeyl99]

Very awesome man!

[cimanaxe]

Awesome stuff man, 5 stars for sure.

[JoshuaEvan]

great job brother.

[BiOhAZarD722]

Dude, this is awesome! i wish i could play like that!! i love the tapping and some of those harmonics!!

Keep it up!!

[sethwmax]

Thanks dude!!! Don't count yourself short, you probably will and better. Heck I bought my first guitar around your age, and you're already rocking from what i am hearing. peace bro, thanks for the sweet props!

[savageTHC]

5/5 normaly i woiuld take a point of from missed notes an plinks and stuff but, there were hardly any mistake the difficuly of that song is high i don't think i could play that.

5/5

going on my favs.

[sethwmax]

much appreciated dude! i really should've waited until i perfected this before posting, but thank you for looking past the blemishes =))

cheers!

[yogdogz17]

amazing ;)

[lvletalmaniac]

Creativity on a whole new and different level...I remember seeing this awhile back and I literally looked for an hour to find it again. Great stuff.

[sethwmax]

Thanks i hope you discovered some other cool stuff while searching! cheers

[DMDx420]

This song is so chill.

[peteach15]

Holy Crap! I did not know a guitar can be played like that. I feel like quitting because of you lol.

[sethwmax]

wow thanks! i feel like playing twice as much now!!! ha ha hey everybody influences somebody in someway sometime. you'll have your turn soon i'm sure :)

[omgomgomg10]

Oh my god.... WHOA you are amazing!!!!!

[sethwmax]

you're too kind, thank you

[z454]

very cool!!!!

[emilieshelman]

I DIG your tunes! They are get for my nephew's nap time, yoga, and dinner parties! I just throw your jams on a youtube playlist! I Love them!

[sethwmax]

That's awesome...maybe easy listening is my calling...? Thanks for the encouragement!

[guppy101010]

no lie this is amazing.

[sethwmax]

thanks guppy!!

[AnchoriteProductions]

Nice piece and guitar playing! -Derek

[sethwmax]

Thanks Derek. Means a lot coming from you sir!

[bluejart]

all of your stuff is great:) Thanks for posting it. Do you have a website or album yet?

[sethwmax]

you're too kind man! working on a demo album and a new band i'm in has started posting music (but since myspace sucks, the songs no longer work). you can find some of them here tho if you have facebook and search for the group "Stone Brew". thanks again chief!

[bigjakey1]

you should play with andy mckee...he plays just like you...you should definitely look him up on youtube....love your song to

[sethwmax]

ha now that's a helluva compliment if ever i heard one. thanks man! and if you see andy around please tell him i'm ready to jam! cheers :)

[brighter71]

This is freakin amazing!

[gnarlyfart]

THIS IS JUST JEWISH !!!! (good)

[mq545]

That was awesome!! how long have u played?

[sethwmax]

Thanks! About 17 yrs or so on and off (mostly on).

[Mylie350]

A 12 string version, you say? Post it quick, Seth! :D

[sethwmax]

Mylie, thanks for the encouraging words! i'm planning on doing it during an open mic session in the next couple weeks. if the video turns out ok (and i don't screw it up completely), i'll certainly post it.  thanks again!

[yellownoses]

YOU SIR ARE NOW IN MY FAVORITES!!!

good job man !!

[sethwmax]

AWESOME!

[lighterhead]

that made me happy dude. you really are my favorite youtube musician

[sethwmax]

thanks i hope i can live up to that! ;)

[BusyOne505]

wow man tht was great! like how you have a wee shake to to keep the rythm sort of like me when i play guitar ha

[nickleus1977]

awesome dude! keep it coming =)

[SuXuR]

excellent!

[parthambrish]

which piece is this? did u learn by tabs or western classical notation?

[sethwmax]

this is an original piece, no tabs as of yet.

[sabbatron5]

wow man that was cool good work 5*

[sethwmax]

thanks bud. much appreciated!

[seapockets]

very cool! i love original music, and this is original and awesome! keep it comming!

[sethwmax]

thanks bro. anything to stay off the beaten path right? you might like my sewers piece...it's sort of out there a lil. you've got some great originals yourself (i'm listening to brains for cash now)!

[BillBobiggles]

Very nice, we setup a group for original tunes like this, check it out by following links from my page..

[zapper1700]

Verrrry Nice! Who manufactured your guitar?

Keep up the creativity.

[sethwmax]

Thanks! It's a Taylor 914-ce

have a good one

[lighterhead]

wooow.

have you ever played any european metal?

because they do alot of that lol. and do i see that you play the banjo?

[sethwmax]

naw can't say i have played euro metal...at least not knowingly. ;) probably won't see a banjo vid for a while...i'm pretty terrible on it. take it easy.

[mylie1]

Seth, I'm begging you-please, please, please, please, PLEASE can you give us the tabs? ;)

[sethwmax]

thanks so much for your interest in this piece, i am honored. i'd love to tab this, but my tab skilz are so poor i don't think i could do the song justice, plus i fear it'd take me a very long time. it's really not that hard, i'm sure you could learn it by ear/sight if you really want to. if there's any part in particular you want to know more about, let me know... thanks again!! :)

[DAVIDDAMIENR]

Very Expressive,

DDR

[sethwmax]

thanks man.  i see you have some wes montgomery in your collection...nice!

[mjberz]

That's Greensburg style...

[sethwmax]

damn straight!

thanks breeze

[ToddBeeman]

Nice..

[thegreatone926]

very.....very.....very....

niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

X5

awesome song dude

great original

what insipired you to write it....or did u just start playin one day and it jsut all came to you piece by piece?

[sethwmax]

thanks...i'm glad you like it!

it came piece by piece in various flavors over several years, and then one day i was like "that's it, i'm recording it". of course, it's changed since then. ;)

[adamcoltman]

nice fingerpicking, and i love the harmonics!

[dodgeram77]

HOLY SHIT, Cat Stevens meets AC/DC, amazing work dude

[sethwmax]

thanks man

much appreciated

[cybrhckr]

Did you write this song on your own?

[sethwmax]

yes

[blackmofasa9]

Thats it. I'm learning this.

[sethwmax]

that would be the ultimate compliment!  thanks dude!

[Kivencito]

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YOU ROCK!!!!!

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW that was amazing :):):)

MasteR!

[sethwmax]

hahaa thanks bud!! your comment make this page look COOL!

cheers

[PimpinPro420]

I've had to listen to this song about 20 bergillion times lol and i gotta say up to 46 seconds is some award winning shit. Been makin words to your tune all day. Keep it up and if ya ever do that tune again keep it smoothe all the way through like the first 46 secs... and by the way YOUR THE MAN -Dan (Pimpin Productions Murphy NC)

[sethwmax]

Wow man thanks! believe it or not i pull this song off better on a 12 string because the finger tapping resonates better when you tap 2 strings instead of just 1. I may try to record an improved 12 string version. i have cleaned up the technique a bit since then too.

thanks again for listening and for the very kind comments!

[mylie1]

OK, Seth, why the hell are you not out there in the charts!? :) PLEASE make a lesson video!

[PimpinPro420]

What a smoothe sound man wish you were in NC we can bullshit around. NICE DOG!!!

[LaiYouttitham]

This is awesome man!!

[banjoheros]

Amazing

love it soooo much

[bleeb129]

great, keep it up

[airfghter100]

Wow. How long have you been playing? And do you have any tabs for this, because this is sick.

[sethwmax]

Thanks buddy! Been at it for about 15 years on n off. More on as of recently. I don't have any tabs for this unfortunately, but i really appreciate the interest...thanks a lot man!!!

[nickchickee]

excellent. wow, enjoyed very much*****

[sethwmax]

thanks so much nickchickee!!!!

[Gummmmy]

That was sick dude, fuck yeah

[sethwmax]

right on bro thanks bud!

[Strandedsurfer714]

pretty sick

[dleesgeetar]

wow, the bass and treble at 1:30 and then 2:17! most excellent

[sethwmax]

thanks bud! much appreciated!!!

[sethwmax]

Thanks rgunsolus...much appreciated!! I'll have to check out DeGrassi when i get the chance! Thanks for the tip.

[suclid003]

Awesome music. Did you have to write all the notes out before you sat down to play it, or did you write as you played and experimented?

[sethwmax]

ha ha...unfortunately, i'm too impatient to actually learn to read/write music, so i experimented my way into a certain sequence of patterns/licks, and then it was just practice, practice, practice! =)

Thanks a lot for listening and commenting!

[iWokeToday]

I really enjoyed this.

[DMARKETTE]

this is so farrrkkiin awesome

[kennyscotten]

geez, sometimes i think i'm pretty good lol, nice work man...very nice

[sethwmax]

lol! You're young...you have plenty of time. Thanks bud!!

[giovanni424]

great really great player

[punkrockerbilly]

this is what music is... simply amazing for a amature guitarist.. you ever here of andy mckee. one of my favourite guitarist.. your really good.. check out my original:)

[sethwmax]

yeah man McKee's definitely the real deal. and thank you for your comments. your original is sweet...hope you post some more!

[punkrockerbilly]

sweet deal man. your really good.. keep writing your music man, music is what keeps people going these day's!

[guitarwriter1]

pretty nice. good variety of styles in one track.

[sethwmax]

thanks a lot man!

[fisher1487]

i would love to have that taylor lol nice guitar

[solartoast]

Very nice indeed!!

[sethwmax]

thanks bud!

[bigdumbchimp]

Satan loves you but would like it better shirtless

[sethwmax]

ha ha

good laugh =)

[vsalazarsoares]

Wow, very nice music very well played!!! congratulations!!!

If you want to visit my modest compositions (i am amateur) please type on youtube " Nostalgia Salazar" or "Relapsos do Tempo".

[sethwmax]

thanks a lot man!!! always special coming from a fellow guitarist like yourself.

your pieces are very emotionally moving. are those originals?

[vsalazarsoares]

yes, they are original compositions not very difficult to play but that express my mind in the moment i compose them.

[IDontCareEnough]

Sounds like you grew up with Classical music :)

Sounded great

[sethwmax]

thanks bud! yeah, Dad was always playing classical radio back in the day.

appreciate the compliment man! take care

[ChariceFL]

I really enjoyed that,I play as well.Taylor acoustic? Sounds awesome...that's my favorite acoustic I've played yet.Keep it up I'll be looking for more.Thanks Charice

[sethwmax]

hey thanks Charice! =)

yeah i love those Taylors. if they weren't so expensive i'd have a bunch of em.

When are you going to post some vids of yourself playing?

cheers!

[flippinhare]

Mm, sweet music, sweet playing! Sweeeeeet :D

[sethwmax]

Wow, thanks bro!!! I'll be swingin by your way again soon i hope

[johnyz656]

you `have a CD! wow that is awsome!

[sethwmax]

ha ha i wish i had a cd

that'd mean i wasn't a complete slacker ;)

thanks a lot man!

[RLSguitar]

Excellent playing and tune! What a treat, thanks for sharing your beautiful guitar music and talent. God bless.-

[sethwmax]

Thanks bro, I'm very honored that a fellow guitarist like yourself likes it! =)

[meandthegirl]

Very nice!

[sethwmax]

thank you!

[fish014]

DAMN real sick

[sethwmax]

thanks bud!

[guitarplayerone]

nice use of harmonics dude... kickass..

[sethwmax]

thanks bro! =)

[francoMag87]

i love taylor guitar's---someday i will have one too.

[elvinagrillo]

nice sound! keep jamming..

[sethwmax]

thanks!

[billybrews40s]

bak for more faved this one earlier!!!

[sethwmax]

thanks bud!!!

[billybrews40s]

=o so smooth man great song bro!! 5 stars!!!

[sethwmax]

sweet man...thanks!

[Jake054]

Brilliant. You have much talent going on there my friend. What tuning do you have that in if I may ask?

[sethwmax]

aww thanks man! much appreciated. actually it's just plain vanilla eadgbe tuning.

[Disneyfan73]

That was amazing dude, and I'm surprised that you actually reply to comments to people! Some "musicians" on youtube are stuck-up and just don't bother. 5 Stars, that was extremely original and creative! :D

[sethwmax]

wow i'm honored by your kind comments. my inspiration comes from comments like yours so it seems fitting to return the favor i guess. thanks so much!!

[shooter30066]

Holy finger action. AWESOME. Which I could do that, I'm just a strummer. Great with keeping time.

[sethwmax]

hey that's cool man i appreaciate you stopping by thanks!

[johnclinebell]

some really cool, funky chops you're showing off there. those are some really pretty harmonics at about thirty seconds in! i'm jealous of your hammer ons... i'm a straight-forward rhythm player myself, haha. keep it up! :)

[sethwmax]

lol, thanks a lot man! straight-forward and straight-ahead my man!!!

[piranhamaster]

Jawdropping talent man keep it up this is excellent!

[sethwmax]

thanks man...i wish i had performed it a little better, but i am flattered that you like it!

[souldistortion25]

This makes me feel like im walking through a quaint little happy 18th century town through the first minute. love the moods of this song man, its great. love the baselines around 1:45. Keep it up man you are one of the most original sounding artists i've heard on youtube. truly original man. its awesome music 5/5

[sethwmax]

wow man thanks! yeah i think i know what you mean about the 18th century sound...i couldn't agree more! you definitely inspire me. thanks a lot man!

[souldistortion25]

well im very glad to have you as an inspiration and that we can inspire each other. I think just communicating with original artists on youtube has inspired me more then anything else. finding out where they've been, where they're going etc.

[sethwmax]

yeah man it really has been an eye opener for me. this has been like the perfect place to test out new material.